STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Tribunal"
(fka "Dark Tribunal")
#40512-445
Written by
Bill Dial
Directed by
Avery Brooks
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STAR TREK: DS9 - "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - CAST
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Tribunal"
CAST
SISKO MAKBAR
O'BRIEN KOVAT
ODO, BOONE
KIRA GUL EVEK
BASHIR MAQUIS MEMBER
DAX DISEMBODIED
CARDASSIAN VOICE
KEIKO
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. CARDASSIANS
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - SETS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Tribunal"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE
COMMANDER'S OFFICE
INFIRMARY RUNABOUT
OPS
PROMENADE CARDASSIA PRIME
SUPPLY CLOSET
WEAPONS LOCKER
CARDASSIAN PRIME
O'BRIEN'S CELL
PRISON PROCESSING AREA
COURTROOM
RUNABOUT
STAR TREK: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Tribunal"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ARCHON AHR-kahn
BAJORAN buh-JOR-an
BOLIAN BOW-lee-ahn
CARDASSIA car-DASS-ee-uh
CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en
DAKATH DAH-kuth
DUKAT du-KOT
EVEK eh-VEHK
GADDI GAH-dee
HIDEKI hih-DEHK-ee
KALVA KAHL-vuh
KOVAT KOH-vaht
LADARIUM luh-DAYR-ee-uhm
MAKBAR MOCK-bahr
MAQUIS mah-KEE
MINEZAKI mihn-ee-ZAH-kee
NESTOR NEHS-tohr
PROKOFIEV pro-KOFF-ee-ef
SETLIK SEHT-lik
TEROK NOR TEHR-uk NOR
VALDEMAR VAL-dih-mar
VOLAN VOE-lahn
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Tribunal"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
2 INT. OPS
DAX and KIRA at their stations. SISKO is in his office.
O'BRIEN is at Dax's station, a small traveling case strapped
to his shoulder, hurrying to EXIT...
O'BRIEN
... and I downloaded the new docking
procedure checklist for Bay Six into
the Bay-Prod D-Nine file. That's
the only bay that's using the new
criteria.
DAX
Got it.
He moves to his station and picks up a couple of small
PADDS... putting them in his case...
O'BRIEN
(continuing)
And be sure to monitor the power
fluctuations in the secondary fusion
core. It's got some little kinks I
don't like the look of.
DAX
(dry and deliberate)
I'll care for the secondary fusion
core like it was my own child.
Moving to the Turbolift... to Kira as he passes...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 2.
2 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
As soon as I get back I'll run a
full diagnostic to be sure that...
KIRA
Chief, we're perfectly capable of
running this place for a week.
O'BRIEN
(acknowledges)
If there's any problem you can reach
me on subspace.
KIRA
(overlapping)
Would you please go on vacation and
get out of our hair?
He acknowledges, crosses up to the Turbolift.
DAX
Miles?
O'BRIEN
(turns back to her)
Yes?
DAX
(a smiles)
Have a good time.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 3.
2 CONTINUED: (2)
O'BRIEN
Oh... right... Thanks. I already
feel relaxed...
And he goes into the Turbolift and it goes down. Sisko ENTERS
from his office.
SISKO
Is he gone?
KIRA
Finally.
SISKO
Good. He's been driving me crazy
all day. You'd think I was...
The Turbolift rises just enough to see O'Brien's head...
O'BRIEN
Ah... Commander... I forgot to tell
you. I added a new subroutine to
the environmental control for the
Habitat Ring...
SISKO
Chief O'Brien...
O'BRIEN
Yes, sir?
SISKO
(mock stern)
You're on leave. Please disembark
this station.
O'BRIEN
Aye, sir.
The lift descends. Kira and Sisko react, and we...
CUT TO:
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 4.
3 INT. PROMENADE
As O'Brien makes his way, running late now, and hurrying.
4 ANGLE UP PROMENADE
We see a man come out of one of the shops. A tall, rugged-
looking fellow we will come to know as BOONE. Boone turns
and looks toward O'Brien, sees him, reacts slightly as if he
recognizes O'Brien, but is not sure. He makes sure O'Brien
makes eye contact... and once he does, O'Brien reacts,
recognizing the man...
5 WITH BOONE AND O'BRIEN
as O'Brien comes up to him.
O'BRIEN
Boone... ?
Boone continues his polite, if puzzled, smile.
O'BRIEN
(continuing)
O'Brien. Miles O'Brien. We served
on the Rutledge together.
BOONE
O'Brien. Of course. It's been a
long time. How're you doin?
O'BRIEN
Fine... fine... I work on this station
now. Chief engineer.
BOONE
You don't say...
O'BRIEN
(re: civvies)
How long you been out of Starfleet?
BOONE
Almost eight years now. I've settled
on Volan Three.
O'BRIEN
That's on the Cardassian side of the
Demilitarized Zone, isn't it...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 5.
5 CONTINUED:
BOONE
Yeah, the new treaty really puts us
in harm's way. But I'm running a
ladarium mining sluice. As long as
the Cardassians need ladarium for
their warp drives, they leave me
alone.
O'BRIEN
After what we went through in the
border wars, I don't know how you
could live there.
(can't remember)
Were you there at Setlik Three?
BOONE
(acknowledges, ugly
memories)
That's why I got out of Starfleet.
O'BRIEN
Really. That's why I stayed in.
(beat)
Listen, my wife's meeting me at a
runabout... and she hates it when
I'm late... and I always am...
BOONE
(calling after him)
I'm coming back for another supply
pickup in a month or two.
O'BRIEN
Let me know when...
Boone watches him go a moment, the smile fading. Then he
heads in the other direction.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/04/94 - TEASER 6.
6 INT. SUPPLY CLOSET
Dark as the door opens and Boone ENTERS, the door slides
shut, leaving him in shadows... the only light source is
from a small PADD that Boone takes out from under his
jacket... it contains a miniature keyboard. Boone goes to
work at the keyboard.
O'BRIEN'S VOICE
(playing back from
the PADD)
O'Brien. Miles O'Brien... we served
on the Rutledge...
Boone reacts, satisfied that he got the recording and as he
hits the keyboard, we hear O'Brien's voice, speeded up as
the tape fast forwards... and we...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT ONE 7.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)
7 EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)
at impulse going through the space.
8 INT. RUNABOUT
O'Brien is at the control panel, reading some PADDS... from
the back room --
KEIKO (O.S.)
Miles...
O'BRIEN
Hah?
KEIKO (O.S.)
Didn't you bring the holo-cam?
O'BRIEN
Was I supposed to?
KEIKO sticks her head in...
KEIKO
You said you were going to...
O'BRIEN
I did?
She ENTERS...
KEIKO
Last night? When we were going over
the list in bed...
O'BRIEN
I was dead the minute my face hit
the pillow.
KEIKO
You talked to me for a half hour.
O'BRIEN
Not me. There must've been someone
else in bed with us.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT ONE 8.
8 CONTINUED:
KEIKO
(seeing the PADDS)
What's this...
O'BRIEN
Just some new technical update
manuals...
She sits in the other chair...
KEIKO
Our first vacation without Molly in
five years and you brought technical
update manuals?
O'Brien doesn't get the message, takes the conversation in a
different direction...
O'BRIEN
You know, maybe we should've brought
her... you really think she's gonna
be all right with the Petersons?
KEIKO
Molly likes the Petersons more than
she likes us. She's fine.
O'BRIEN
We could swing back, pick up the
holo-cam and Molly and barely lose a
half day...
Off Keiko's stare...
O'BRIEN
(continuing, regrouping)
...Or... I'm sure we can pick up a
holo-cam when we get there...
Keiko sighs, tension on her face, leans back...
KEIKO
How many?
O'BRIEN
What?
KEIKO
Tech manuals did you bring?
O'BRIEN
Not many.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT ONE 9.
8 CONTINUED: (2)
She doesn't even look at him, just shakes her head...
O'Brien puts down the PADD... sighs...
O'BRIEN
Computer, play something by Minezaki.
The soothing music comes on. Keiko closes her eyes, takes
it in... feels the connection between her and her husband...
he gets up and leans down and kisses her gently on her closed
left eye, then her right eye... she reaches her arms around
his neck and pulls him into a more passionate kiss... but it
is awkward because of the chair... intimately --
KEIKO
Do these chairs recline?
O'BRIEN
I wish they did.
KEIKO
You're an engineer. Figure something
out. I'll make it worth your while.
The music is interrupted by the Computer Voice --
COMPUTER VOICE
Vessel approaching. Bearing one-
nine-one mark six.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT ONE 10.
8 CONTINUED: (3)
O'BRIEN
Identify.
COMPUTER VOICE
Cardassian patrol ship, Hideki Class.
O'BRIEN
(instantly alert)
Shields up.
9 EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)
as a Cardassian patrol ship moves to intercept.
10 INT. RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)
O'Brien has moved back to his seat... the music has stopped.
O'BRIEN
Try to send an emergency subspace
signal to the station...
Keiko looking at her console... presses a few panels...
KEIKO
I can't... they're jamming all the
subspace frequencies...
O'BRIEN
(notices something on
console)
They're hailing us.
O'Brien throws a switch. The image of GUL EVEK appears on
the monitor... he is calm and irritatingly polite.
O'BRIEN
This is Chief Miles O'Brien from
Starbase Deep Space Nine... state
your business.
GUL EVEK
Mister O'Brien, we've spoken before.
My name is Evek.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT ONE 11.
10 CONTINUED:
GUL EVEK
Shut down your drive and come to a
full stop. We're beaming an
inspection team aboard.
O'BRIEN
We're nowhere near the Cardassian
border... you have no authority
here...
GUL EVEK
We'll argue about authority later.
For now, you will either comply, or
we will take preemptive action.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning. Sensors are reading photo
lock-on activation.
GUL EVEK
You have ten seconds.
O'Brien's mind races... there are no other ways out of this...
finally, O'Brien hits some controls, then rises and goes to
Keiko.
O'BRIEN
It's all right, love. We've done
nothing wrong.
They turn to see --
11 WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)
As three Cardassians transport aboard the runabout. Gul
Evek steps forward.
GUL EVEK
Thank you for cooperating.
(producing small PADD)
I have orders to arrest you, Mister
O'Brien.
KEIKO
Arrest...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT ONE 12.
11 CONTINUED:
GUL EVEK
(to the officers)
Search the ship.
The two officers EXIT into the cargo area of the ship.
O'Brien moves forward.
O'BRIEN
What are the charges?
GUL EVEK
(ignoring him)
You have the right to refuse to answer
questions, but such refusal might be
construed as a sign of guilt...
O'BRIEN
I demand to know what I'm being
accused of!
GUL EVEK
You deny all knowledge of this crime
then...
O'BRIEN
How the hell am I supposed to deny
something when I don't even know
what you're talking about...
GUL EVEK
So you do not deny all knowledge...
KEIKO
We are Federation citizens and we
have rights...
GUL EVEK
Yes... yes... all your "rights" as
defined by the Cardassian Articles
of Jurisprudence will be protected.
O'BRIEN
I want to speak with my Commander.
The two Cardassian officers return and look at Gul Evek,
nodding to him that they've found what they were looking
for.
GUL EVEK
We will contact your commander. And
see that your wife is returned safely
to your station.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT ONE 13.
11 CONTINUED: (2)
Evek takes Keiko by the arm to pull her away from
O'Brien... as the First Officer moves to take him into
custody...
GUL EVEK
(continuing)
You will be taken to central prison
on Cardassia Prime to await trial.
This is too much for O'Brien. He pushes the First Officer
away...
O'BRIEN
I'm not going anywhere with you...
The second officer downs the fighting O'Brien with a stun
blast from a phaser. O'Brien drops to the floor.
KEIKO
Miles!
Evek activates his transporter and he and O'Brien vaporize
off the runabout.
12 KEIKO
restrained by the remaining officer is distraught, and we...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 14.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
13 EXT. CARDASSIA PRIME - MATTE SHOT (OPTICAL)
In the shot we can see a large outdoor screen or two... with
constant messages bombarding the populace... on the screen
now, is a Cardassian man speaking... we're too far away to
discern any words... but we can see his image dissolve to a
Cardassian symbol... and a word in Cardassian language that
should look very alien -- the word means "children"... and
then a picture of several Cardassian children is on the
screen... and this word is superimposed several times over
the picture... and is replaced by a stirring shot of
Cardassian ships in space... and the Cardassian symbol
superimposed over the space shot... replaced again by the
anchorman who continues his stern lecture... We move in on
an imposing-looking institutional building.
CARDASSIAN ON SCREEN
(unintelligible
distance)
Look to the children -- they are the
future of Cardassia and they will
lead the way. Invest in their minds,
teach them carefully of the glories
of the Cardassian Empire and they
will bring us greater glory for years
to come. It is every mother and
father's responsibility to see that
his child is living up to his full
potential as a Cardassian citizen...
14 INT. PRISON PROCESSING AREA
And it is extremely dark... too dark to pick up anything but
the vaguest details of where we are... we start close on the
door as it opens and two Cardassians pull a belligerent
O'Brien inside... immediately he squints as, in front of
him, a huge bright spotlight is pointed at him...
INTERCUT:
15 ANGLE - THE LIGHT
The voice is stern, colorless but calm.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 14A.
DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE
Remove your clothes.
O'BRIEN
My name is Miles O'Brien. My rank
is chief of operations, Starfleet.
I am a Federation citizen.
DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE
Remove your clothes.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - ACT TWO 15.
15 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
My name is Miles O'Brien. My rank
is chief of operations, Starfleet.
I am a Federation citizen...
In the middle of the above speech, he is dragged off his
feet and because it is so dark it is unclear where he will
land... it turns out to be against a wall where he is pressed
face-first against it... as one of the guards uses a knife
to rip his clothes down the back and off... continuing to
intercut with:
16 THE LIGHT
DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE
Would you care to make a confession?
17 O'BRIEN (OPTICAL)
naked now...
O'BRIEN
My name is Miles O'Brien. My rank
is chief of operations, Starfleet.
I am a Federation citizen...
DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE
Process him.
O'Brien is dragged again through the blackness and held in
front of a large medical piece of equipment that sends out
optical red scanner beams into both of his eyes... on a
monitor we may see an Okudagram of O'Brien's eyes graphically
reconstructed with Cardassian labels and numbers, suggesting
identification... a larger number at the bottom designates
this as "41302Z" (the "Z" being a Cardassian symbol)... a
moment later he is pulled away in another direction and finds
himself being pushed into...
18 ANGLE
revealing a chair... like a dentist's chair or an electric
chair... and as they start to attach restraints, he gets
very scared and for the first time fights for his life... he
does not want to be in that chair... whatever the hell it
is... and he bursts out of it... elbowing one guard as he
goes... into the darkness...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - ACT TWO 16.
For an instant we hear a struggle and violent impact from
the darkness and a moment later the light finds him being
dragged back to the chair... he's bruised on his head now,
but he's still struggling... and as someone moves in to him...
19 O'BRIEN
reacts as he sees --
20 HIS POV -- A HYPOSPRAY
in a Cardassian's hands...
21 HIS EYES
strain as the others hold him down... panning down to his
neck as the hypospray is pushed into his neck and his
resistance immediately ends...
22 WIDER
he is still fully conscious but no longer able to lift a
muscle to defend himself... his body shivers as though he
were very cold as the guards finish locking him into the
chair...
O'BRIEN
My name... is Miles O'Brien. My...
rank... is... chief... operations,
Starfleet. I... am a... Federation
citizen...
23 CLOSE ON HIS HAIR
as a Cardassian hand uses a scissors to snip a lock of hair
and puts it into a clear evidence container -- designed for
this very purpose... it too is marked "41302Z"...
24 THE CHAIR
TILTS BACK... AND
25 O'BRIEN'S POV
A guard with a dental tool approaches --
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 17.
26 ANGLE
as the guard forces O'Brien's mouth open and sticks the tool
inside... O'Brien tries to yell but it is barely a moan...
the man yanks and removes a tooth from the back of O'Brien's
mouth... he moves away and inserts it next to the hair in
the evidence container... O'Brien is left there to shiver...
and after a beat a bright blue light overhead illuminates
and almost blinds our view of O'Brien... he stops shivering...
and as it ends a beat later... the guards move to release
O'Brien... and he finds himself covered in a fine gray ash-
like powder...
27 ANGLE - IN THE BACKGROUND
the door opens and a Cardassian woman, MAKBAR, ENTERS. As
O'Brien is given prisoner wear, which he weakly puts on...
Makbar studies him...
MAKBAR
Has he been processed?
DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE
He has.
She sees the bruise on his head... reacts, angrily... she
speaks with quiet, cold danger...
MAKBAR
You were told he was not to be
harmed...
28 THE LIGHT
DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE
He had to be restrained.
MAKBAR
You were told.
She turns to a guard...
MAKBAR
You are in charge here now.
The guard is delighted... moves off to do his work...
DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE
(protesting)
He has committed high crimes against
the Cardassian people! Why do you
protect him?
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/05/94 - ACT TWO 18.
28 CONTINUED:
During the above, a barely discernable figure of a
Cardassian man is dragged away by two guards passing briefly
in front of the bright spotlight.
MAKBAR
You were told.
And they are gone.
29 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
O'Brien watches this craziness as he dresses... Makbar moves
to a cell and turns off a forcefield... leads the weakened
O'Brien by the arm as she speaks to him...
MAKBAR
I apologize for the way you've been
treated, Mister O'Brien. I am Makbar,
Chief Archon. I want your stay here
to be as comfortable as possible
under the circumstances. I have
scheduled your trial to begin in two
days. You have been assigned the
Venerable Kovat as Public Conservator.
O'BRIEN
As what?
MAKBAR
Your lawyer. Many feel he's the
best counsel in all Cardassia.
O'BRIEN
Why do I need a lawyer? What am I
charged with, and who is accusing
me?
MAKBAR
All in good time, Mister O'Brien.
All in good time...
She turns on the forcefield and EXITS... O'Brien reacts with
frustration.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/04/94 - ACT TWO 19.
30 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
31 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE
Close on Keiko, who is sitting opposite Sisko's desk. She is
composed, determined, trying to be strong. Sisko is standing
near her. ODO is also there.
SISKO
Starfleet has ordered the Enterprise,
the Prokofiev and the Valdemar to
the border of the Demilitarized
Zone... hopefully, when the
Cardassians see they're risking the
entire treaty over this...
KEIKO
(interrupting)
... and in the meantime, my husband
is being violated by them... every
shred of his humanity is being
violated... isn't that true.
It is true... Sisko doesn't know how to respond... there's
no way to soften it...
SISKO
We have no way of knowing exactly
what...
KEIKO
Dammit, don't lie to me... They're
torturing him as we sit here.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 20.
31 CONTINUED:
After he sits there for a beat, Odo quite directly
addresses her...
ODO
It is standard procedure for the
Cardassians to use torture in their
interrogations. You are correct,
Mrs. O'Brien.
A beat... Keiko shakes her head trying to absorb the reality
of this horror...
KEIKO
You don't know how many times Miles
spoke to me about this... what the
Cardassians did to the prisoners
they took at Setlik Three... what
they were like when they came back...
the thought of it... it disgusted
him... it scared him...
A tear rolls down her cheek...
KEIKO
... we can't leave him there...
SISKO
We don't even know where he's being
held on Cardassia Prime...
Keiko nods silently, looking down, unable to tolerate any
more of this... she rises and moves to the door... Sisko and
Odo exchange a glance and follow her into...
32 INT. OPS
As Keiko comes onto the landing above Ops, followed by a
concerned Sisko and Odo. Kira and Dax at their stations.
SISKO
Keiko, I promise you as soon as we
have more information, I'll do
everything in my power...
KIRA
Commander, you have a subspace
communication from Cardassia Prime.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 21.
33 ON SISKO AND KEIKO
As they react to this.
SISKO
On screen.
We see the image of Makbar come up on the screen.
SISKO
I'm Benjamin Sisko, Commander of
Deep Space Nine.
MAKBAR
My name is Makbar, and I am the Archon
representing the Cardassian Empire
in its case against Miles O'Brien.
SISKO
May I speak with him.
MAKBAR
That is not possible.
SISKO
May I see him.
MAKBAR
Commander...
SISKO
May I be assured that he is well and
being treated properly?
MAKBAR
Mister O'Brien is being treated with
great care and respect.
SISKO
Good. Because if he's not, I'll
hold you personally responsible.
And if that sounds like a threat, it
is.
Makbar blinks, then almost grins...
MAKBAR
Gul Dukat has told me about you.
You live up to your reputation,
Commander.
SISKO
That's right. I do. Now what are
the charges against Chief O'Brien.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 22.
33 CONTINUED:
MAKBAR
The charges will be announced when
the trial begins. As is customary
in Cardassian jurisprudence.
KEIKO
How are we supposed to prepare for
the trial if we don't know the
charges?
MAKBAR
Mrs. O'Brien, I take it?
KEIKO
Yes.
MAKBAR
Mrs. O'Brien, there is nothing for
you to prepare. Your husband's
verdict has already been determined.
He is guilty. The trial will reveal
how this guilt was proven by the
most efficient criminal investigation
system in the quadrant. You may, if
you desire, attend the trial, which
begins in two days time.
SISKO
We'll be there.
MAKBAR
I'm sorry, Commander, this is a
privilege enjoyed only by the spouse
of an offender.
Odo who has been thinking ahead during this conversation,
steps forward...
ODO
What about his Nestor?
MAKBAR
His Counsel and his Nestor will be
assigned by the court.
SISKO
(to Odo)
Nestor?
ODO
Advisor to the offender. Madame
Archon, I volunteer to serve as Nestor
in this trial.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/04/94 - ACT TWO 23.
33 CONTINUED: (2)
MAKBAR
(sighs, impatient)
That is not possible. The Nestor
must be an officer of the court.
ODO
I am an officer of the Court.
(off her reaction)
Chief of Security Odo... I served
Gul Dukat on Terok Nor. You may
check my credentials. I was
designated an officer of the
Cardassian court four years ago in
order to testify in criminal cases.
Makbar takes a beat to consider this...
MAKBAR
Very well. If this is true, you may
accompany Mrs. O'Brien and serve as
Nestor.
ODO
May I ask... what penalty does Mister
O'Brien face?
MAKBAR
His execution is scheduled for next
week.
KEIKO
(horrified)
How can you schedule an execution
before the trial even begins... ?
MAKBAR
We believe in swift justice.
She nods good-bye and the screen returns to the starfield.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 24.
33 CONTINUED: (3)
ODO
Mrs. O'Brien, we should leave
immediately.
They move to the Turbolift...
SISKO
(to Kira)
Begin a complete security sweep of
the station and Chief O'Brien's recent
activities... I want to know if
there's anything out of the ordinary
that might begin to explain this...
Odo and Keiko are gone.
KIRA
Commander, Chief O'Brien's attitude
toward the Cardassians is hardly a
secret. What if he's actually done
something.
SISKO
We need to know that too, don't we?
He returns to his office. Kira turns back to her work, and
we...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/06/94 - ACT THREE 25.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
34 EXT. CARDASSIA PRIME (OPTICAL)
An establishing shot of the capital city.
35 INT. O'BRIEN'S CELL (OPTICAL)
An older man (KOVAT) carrying a PADD arrives...
KOVAT
Miles O'Brien?
O'Brien looks at him from his cot, doesn't respond...
KOVAT
Yes, of course you are. I am
Conservator Kovat.
He turns off the forcefield... and ENTERS, sits in a chair...
Kovat has an unshakeable good humor and optimistic attitude,
but is not a buffoon. He believes in the system.
O'BRIEN
I've been told that I've already
been charged, indicted, convicted
and sentenced. What do I need with
a lawyer?
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/06/94 - ACT THREE 26.
35 CONTINUED:
KOVAT
Mister O'Brien -- if it seems immodest
of me, I apologize, but the role of
Public Conservator is key to the
productive functioning of our courts.
I am here to help you concede the
wisdom of the state. To prepare you
to accept the inevitable with
equanimity.
O'Brien can't help but laugh at this.
KOVAT
(continuing)
There is an old Cardassian expression --
"Confession is good for the soul."
It's also good for the populace to
see people like you confess. It
makes them feel better about
themselves. Makes their lives more
bearable.
O'BRIEN
Is that what this is all about? To
make the people of Cardassia feel
better?
KOVAT
No, but that's not a bad side effect.
Now then...
(checking his PADD)
I have your biographical extract,
Starfleet records, etc. These will
be very useful...
O'BRIEN
What am I being charged with?
KOVAT
No need to worry about that at this
point.
O'BRIEN
This is insane.
KOVAT
Whatever you've done, whatever the
charges against you -- none of that
really matters in the long run.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/06/94 - ACT THREE 27.
35 CONTINUED: (2)
O'BRIEN
What matters?
KOVAT
This trial is to demonstrate the
futility of behavior contrary to
good order. Everyone will find it
most uplifting.
O'BRIEN
Not everyone.
KOVAT
Once again, justice will prevail.
Our lives will be reaffirmed safe
and secure. Here on Cardassia, all
crimes are solved. All criminals
are punished. All endings are happy.
Even the poorest of our citizens can
walk the streets in the dead of night
in perfect safety. You are only one
man, but your conviction will be a
salutary experience for millions.
(then)
Now then... the trial opens
tomorrow... Do you have any questions?
Anything you want to tell me?
O'BRIEN
Only that I am not guilty of any
crime. And that I regard this whole
procedure with nothing but contempt.
Kovat studies O'Brien for a moment, then smiles.
KOVAT
Good... good... maintain that level
of arrogance in the courtroom and we
should put on a very good show indeed.
O'BRIEN
I do have one question.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 28.
35 CONTINUED: (3)
KOVAT
Certainly.
O'BRIEN
Have you ever won a case?
KOVAT
(a smug smile)
"Winning" isn't everything.
O'Brien reacts to that, and we...
36 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
37 INT. WEAPONS LOCKER
Sisko and BASHIR ENTER to see Dax and Kira... looking at
some open crates... he comes over to see they're filled with
small pieces of scrap metal...
SISKO
Are they all like this?
KIRA
All of them... there isn't a photon
warhead left in here...
SISKO
How could somebody transport two
dozen warheads off this station
without the perimeter sensors picking
it up...
DAX
The metal in these crates has the
same mass as the warheads... a
Transporter could've been programmed
to switch the two simultaneously...
the sensors might've been fooled.
KIRA
(re: O'Brien)
But it would require a transporter
expert.
BASHIR
I know what you're implying, Major
and I don't like it.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 29-29A.
37 CONTINUED:
KIRA
Neither do I... but there's more...
according to the logs, O'Brien was
in here just minutes before his
runabout left...
Reactions.
DAX
Computer, play security log entry,
Stardate 47944.2, weapons locker...
O'BRIEN'S VOICE
Request access. Weapons Locker Four.
Miles O'Brien, security level one.
DAX
The computer confirmed his voice-
print I.D. and let him in...
KIRA
And the minute the door opened, some
kind of field saturation device was
activated that froze all the security
scanners in the room...
SISKO
(frowns)
I want a full analysis of that voice-
print. Make absolutely sure it was
O'Brien...
BASHIR
It doesn't make sense. What would
he do with photon warheads... ?
KIRA
(speculating)
Give them to... the Maquis?
(off reactions, to
Sisko)
We had an advisory two weeks ago
that a Maquis ship disabled a Bolian
freighter near the Demilitarized
Zone and stole a supply of photon
launchers.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/04/94 - ACT THREE 30.
37 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
Launchers, but no warheads.
KIRA
(acknowledging)
Launchers, but no warheads.
BASHIR
You're suggesting that Miles O'Brien
took his wife on a romantic vacation
as an excuse to deliver warheads to
the Maquis. I don't believe it.
SISKO
(thinking strategy)
If the warheads were in the runabout,
they'll be used as evidence in the
trial... we'll find that out soon
enough...
DAX
If they were in the runabout, how
did the Cardassians find out?
SISKO
That's one question I'd like the
answer to... I'd also like to find
out who the other guy was...
KIRA
The other guy?
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 31.
37 CONTINUED: (3)
SISKO
The one who was waiting to receive
these warheads. I'll have Starfleet
intelligence begin to pull in Maquis
suspects for questioning... in the
meantime, see if we can I.D. any
possible members of the Maquis who've
been on the station recently.
They acknowledge and EXIT...
38 INT. O'BRIEN'S CELL (OPTICAL)
O'Brien looks up as he hears the sound of a door opening and
footsteps echoing, coming toward him... a Cardassian guard
accompanies Odo... he turns off the forcefield and Odo
ENTERS... O'Brien rises, glad to see anyone from home. The
Guard EXITS after turning the forcefield back on. There's
no real intimacy here... these two haven't done that much
together, don't know each other that well... there's a
tentative quality to the conversation...
O'BRIEN
Tell me you're here to take me home.
ODO
I'm sorry. How have they treated
you... ?
O'BRIEN
Not so bad. They did some dental
work on me when I got here that wasn't
fun.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 32.
38 CONTINUED:
ODO
(acknowledges)
All Cardassians are required to give
the Bureau of Identification one of
their first molars. It's usually
extracted at age ten.
O'BRIEN
Keiko... is she all right?
ODO
(nods)
She came with me.
O'BRIEN
(looking out of the
cell)
She's here? Now?
ODO
It's not permitted for family members
to visit offenders in confinement.
She'll be at the trial tomorrow.
The Cardassians always invite families
to trials and executions so the public
can see them weep.
O'Brien shakes his head, losing hope by the minute...
O'BRIEN
I don't want her there. I don't
want her to see me like this.
ODO
I think that's a mistake.
O'BRIEN
(lost)
My lawyer says it's all over but the
execution. And I don't even know
what the charges are...
(beat)
Did they tell you anything?
ODO
No. But we have an idea...
O'BRIEN
What...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 33.
38 CONTINUED: (2)
Odo is observing him carefully at all times, the ultimate
police investigator...
ODO
Have you had any dealings with the
Maquis?
O'BRIEN
Dealings? No... I'm not sure what
you mean...
ODO
Do you know anybody in the Maquis?
O'BRIEN
No.
ODO
Ever supplied any of them with
weapons?
O'BRIEN
No.
(losing it)
What -- are you here to interrogate
me, Constable? Is anybody ever
gonna tell me what I'm supposed to
have done?
ODO
Commander Sisko informed me a few
hours ago that twenty-four photon
warheads are missing from the
station... we believe they may have
been in your runabout's cargo bay...
intended for the Maquis...
O'Brien reacts, thinks then nods...
O'BRIEN
The Cardassians found something in
the hold, that's true...
ODO
But you know nothing about it.
O'BRIEN
Nothing.
ODO
And you didn't transport them out of
Weapons Locker Four just before you
left the station?
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/06/94 - ACT THREE 34.
38 CONTINUED: (3)
O'BRIEN
No.
ODO
Were you in Weapons Locker Four before
you left the station?
O'BRIEN
No.
Boring in, ever the investigator --
ODO
Then why does the log say you were?
Why is it your voice releasing the
security lock?
O'Brien is dumbfounded by these revelations... stares at
Odo...
O'BRIEN
My voice? I... I don't know.
A long beat. O'Brien takes a long, unsteady breath...
O'BRIEN
Look, Constable... you don't know me
very well... But I... I...
(collects himself)
I've been in service to the
Federation... to Starfleet... all of
my adult life. No one's ever
questioned my loyalty before. No
one... in my entire life has ever
had cause to ask: "Miles O'Brien,
are you a criminal?"
(beat)
I took an oath to defend the
Federation and what it stands for.
I don't steal from them. I don't
lie to them. I'm no angel, but I
try to live every day as the best
human being I know how to be. I
need my little girl to look up at me
when she wakes up in the morning and
see a man she can respect.
(beat)
Until now, she always could.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 35.
38 CONTINUED: (4)
A long beat. All of this seems to O'Brien to be for
naught... they've got him and they've got him good... he's
past the indignity and anger and into glum acceptance...
he's a dead man. Odo now speaks with uncharacteristic
warmth...
ODO
Being accused of a crime is not a
disgrace, Chief. Some of the great
figures of history have shared the
honor with you.
O'BRIEN
I never figured on dying a martyr.
ODO
Not all of them were martyrs. And
not all of them died. Some of them
were just innocent men. Like you.
They exchange a look of bonding.
ODO
I've managed to get myself named to
your defense team. I'll be there
tomorrow. Your wife will be there
as well. But she won't be weeping.
And neither will you. I want the
Archon to see the clear, unwavering
eyes of an innocent man. Is that
understood?
O'BRIEN
Yessir.
Odo nods...
ODO
Guard!
The guard comes and turns off the forcefield...
ODO
I'll see you tomorrow.
O'BRIEN
Odo...
(Odo pauses)
Thanks for being here.
Odo nods and EXITS as the Guard turns the field back on.
O'Brien wants to be hopeful, but it's hard.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 36.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
39 INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - OPS (INSERT) (VPB)
Close on an Okudagram... it is a voiceprint analysis... we
hear a drastically slowed down version of O'Brien's voice
from the recording playing in the background so that O'Brien's
voice is greatly distorted...
DAX (V.O.)
The voice modulation patterns don't
match up. See how the peaks here
and here are out of phase... ?
40 ANGLE - SISKO AND BASHIR LOOKING OVER DAX'S SHOULDER
at her station...
BASHIR
So we can prove it wasn't O'Brien
who entered the weapons locker...
DAX
(acknowledges)
It's O'Brien's voice... but the
sentence was reconstructed sound by
sound.
Kira arrives on the Turbolift... she thinks she has more bad
news.
KIRA
I've got our Maquis.
Kira moves to them with a PADD... puts it down on Dax's
counter...
KIRA
I narrowed the suspects down to twelve
people who live in the Demilitarized
Zone and were on the station that
day.
41 INSERT - THE PADD (OPTICAL)
A picture of Boone.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 37.
41 CONTINUED:
KIRA (V.O.)
Raymond Boone. Human. Lives on
Volan Three. Three merchants on the
Promenade saw him talking to O'Brien
just before he left.
RESUME
BASHIR
Talking to him and recording his
voice, perhaps... ?
KIRA
Recording?
DAX
(to Kira)
Someone doctored Chief O'Brien's
voice to get into the weapons' locker.
That brightens Kira's outlook considerably...
SISKO
I'll have him picked up.
As he moves to his office...
43 EXT. CARDASSIA PRIME - MATTE SHOT (OPTICAL)
This time on the screen is Makbar... as the trial is being
shown to the populace... our angle is close enough this time
to allow us to hear --
MAKBAR
The offender, Miles O'Brien, human,
officer of the Federation Starfleet,
has been found guilty of aiding and
abetting seditious acts against the
state. The sentence is death. Let
the trial begin.
As she bangs not a gavel but a symbolic rock...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 38.
44 INT. COURTROOM
Dark... multilevel but spare... no gallery per se, but there
is a suggestion of a few children watching the proceedings
from behind Makbar who is at the highest level... the
defendant's "box" is elevated to separate him from the
others...
MAKBAR
(continuing)
Conservator Kovat, is the offender
ready to face his judgement?
KOVAT
He is, Madame Archon.
MAKBAR
Let him enter.
O'Brien moves in to the box, alone if there is only one entry
to it... or he can be led in by a guard if necessary... he
looks around taking in the environment... as he ENTERS we
can hear knuckles rapping on countertops, almost seeming
like applause, coming from the children's gallery. Makbar
and Kovat do not rap.
MAKBAR
Mister O'Brien, you can spare your
family and the Federation further
humiliation by dispensing with this
proceeding and confessing now.
O'BRIEN
No thanks.
MAKBAR
Very well. The Nestor and Mrs.
O'Brien may enter.
From a different doorway, Odo and Keiko ENTER... Keiko is
strong, confident... more rapping... she exchanges a warm,
loving smile with her husband and proceeds to join Odo with
Kovat at the defense position...
MAKBAR
Mrs. O'Brien, this court recognizes
the disgrace your husband has brought
to you. As is prescribed by the
Cardassian Articles of Jurisprudence,
we hereby offer you the opportunity
to dissociate yourself from his
actions by testifying against him.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/08/94 - ACT FOUR 39.
44 CONTINUED:
KEIKO
I have no intention of testifying
against my husband.
MAKBAR
(beat, observes her
with disdain)
Call the first witness...
ODO
Madame Archon, may I confer privately
with the Conservator before we
begin...
MAKBAR
Mister Odo, I understand you have
not served as a Nestor before...
perhaps I should explain that you
have no status to address this court.
You advise the offender... that's
all.
ODO
I beg the court's indulgence. I am
new at this.
MAKBAR
(unhappy)
All of Cardassia is watching these
proceedings... private conferences
do not make for good viewing... you
should have done this before we
convened...
(beat)
Very well, make it quick.
45 ANGLE WITH THE DEFENSE
SOTTO:
KOVAT
Please don't ruin this for me. I'm
only a year away from retirement.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 40.
45 CONTINUED:
ODO
We have new evidence to prove
O'Brien's innocence.
KOVAT
New evidence?
ODO
If O'Brien is accused of stealing
warheads from Deep Space Nine, we
can prove he didn't do it...
KOVAT
Of course, he did it. He's been
found guilty, hasn't he?
ODO
Someone manipulated a recording of
his voice to gain entry... I can
produce that recording here...
KOVAT
No evidence can be submitted after
the verdict has been reached... you
should know that...
Odo does know that but he will leave no stone unturned...
ODO
Of course... but I was hoping that
the most reknowned conservator in
Cardassia might be able to find a
way...
KOVAT
(interrupting, smart,
with disdain)
You flatter me, sir. But, we want
justice, not chaos in our courts.
No, I will take no part in this.
MAKBAR
Enough. Are you ready to proceed,
Conservator?
KOVAT
I am.
ODO
(overlapping)
May I address the court, Madame
Archon.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 41.
45 CONTINUED: (2)
MAKBAR
Didn't I just explain to you that
you may not?
ODO
But if our conservator refuses to
bring up new evidence...
MAKBAR
(overlapping)
Silence!
ODO
(continuing)
... of a manipulated recording of the
offender's voice that would prove
his innocence...
MAKBAR
(overlapping)
You are out of order, sir!
ODO
(continuing)
... what else am I supposed to do?
MAKBAR
You are supposed to respect our
judicial procedures. Wouldn't you
ask that we respect your rules if we
were in your court?
ODO
Which raises my next point, Madame
Archon. I would like to move for a
change of venue to my court... no
crime was committed against
Cardassia... it was in fact committed
at a Bajoran space station...
KOVAT
Madame Archon, I am extremely
humiliated. I ask to be relieved of
this assignment.
MAKBAR
No. Sit down.
(to Odo)
And you, sir -- do not try the
patience of the Cardassian people.
If this court finds you in contempt,
you will discover the punishment
very unpleasant.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 41A.
45 CONTINUED: (3)
Defeated, Odo sits.
ODO
I regret I have no teeth to offer
your Bureau of Identification.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 42.
45 CONTINUED: (4)
MAKBAR
(still angry)
As for new evidence, yes, I fully
expected the Federation to come up
with remarkable new evidence in an
attempt to free Mister O'Brien. I'm
sure your experts can create all
sorts of interesting evidence to
confuse the issues. That may work
in your courts, but not here. There
will be no new evidence considered.
She pounds her rock.
MAKBAR
(continuing)
Call the first witness.
46 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE
Boone sits in front of Sisko and Kira... Sisko is
conciliatory...
SISKO
Look, we're not after the Maquis
here... we're just trying to help an
innocent man...
BOONE
... And I'm telling you I don't have
any idea what you're talking about...
KIRA
People saw you talking with O'Brien
just before he left...
BOONE
Since when is that a crime? We're
old friends from the Rutledge...
SISKO
Doesn't it bother you to see an "old
friend" about to be executed by the
Cardassians?
BOONE
Of course it does. I wish there
were something I could do to help.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 43.
46 CONTINUED:
KIRA
He has a wife and a five-year-old
daughter...
SISKO
If you're worried that we'll turn
you over to the Cardassians, I can
assure you that we won't.
BOONE
I haven't done anything. I have
nothing to be worried about.
Sisko glances at Kira -- they're getting nowhere.
SISKO
Hold him for further questioning.
She escorts him out. Sisko frowns...
47 INT. OPS
As she passes Dax and Bashir waiting for news, she shakes
her head, no luck. Bashir drops his head, glum.
48 INT. INFIRMARY
It's dark as Bashir ENTERS... it's unusual, he reacts...
BASHIR
Computer, lights.
They don't come on. He moves to the computer terminal...
starts to press some panels...
49 ANGLE - TO SEE A DARK FIGURE IN SILHOUETTE
several feet behind Bashir...
MAQUIS MEMBER
Don't turn around, Doctor.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 44.
49 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
There's nothing here you could want.
MAQUIS MEMBER
You have a man in custody suspected
of arranging the theft of photon
warheads... Raymond Boone...
BASHIR
That's right...
MAQUIS MEMBER
I am here to tell you he is not one
of us.
BASHIR
He is not one of...
(he gets it)
You're from the Maquis?
MAQUIS MEMBER
That's correct.
BASHIR
Why should I believe you?
MAQUIS MEMBER
We knew nothing about the theft and
he is not one of us. That's all I
can tell you.
50 CLOSER ANGLE ON BASHIR
BASHIR
How do I know that you're not just
trying to protect him?
(no answer)
Who else would want photon warheads?
Bashir turns as he suddenly realizes that he's alone.
51 ANGLE
as he hits panels and the lights finally come on... there is
no sign of the intruder... on Bashir's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT FIVE 45.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN
52 EXT. CARDASSIA PRIME - DAY - MATTE SHOT (OPTICAL)
It's the next day. This time Gul Evek is on the screens,
testifying...
GUL EVEK
The Maquis are savage, Federation-
born killers... they live to terrorize
and murder innocent Cardassians...
53 INT. COURTROOM
Gul Evek is now on the stand. Near him are the crates of
photon torpedoes.
KOVAT
These Maquis are based in the
Demilitarized Zone?
GUL EVEK
(acknowledges)
They are all from Federation
settlements in Cardassian-occupied
territories... frankly, the situation
is becoming untenable... how many
innocent people have to die before
that becomes clear?
KOVAT
How do you know these photon warheads
recovered from the offender's vessel
were intended for the Maquis?
GUL EVEK
According to reliable sources, the
Maquis arranged the theft.
ODO
I object.
KOVAT
(upset)
Madame Archon, please!
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 46-47.
53 CONTINUED:
MAKBAR
I thought we went over this yesterday,
Mister Odo.
(sighs)
Very well, what is it this time?
ODO
Gul Evek has tied the Maquis to this
plot by quoting reliable sources. I
think we deserve to know who these
reliable sources are.
MAKBAR
Can you provide any details, Gul
Evek?
GUL EVEK
I'm afraid that information cannot
be revealed without risk to national
security, Madame Archon.
MAKBAR
That's an acceptable answer.
ODO
Might we know how Gul Evek learned
the warheads were in the runabout?
GUL EVEK
Yes, of course. We learned about
them from reliable sources.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 47A.
53 CONTINUED: (2)
MAKBAR
Are you satisfied, Nestor?
ODO
Madame Archon...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 48.
53 CONTINUED: (3)
MAKBAR
Enough. This is already the longest
trial in the history of Cardassia...
let's try to speed things up, shall
we... proceed Mister Kovat...
KOVAT
As you wish, Madame Archon...
Over the above, Keiko and O'Brien exchange a worried look...
54 INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - INFIRMARY
Boone is brought in by two Bajoran deputies. Sisko and Bashir
are waiting for him...
BOONE
What is this?
SISKO
I'd like Doctor Bashir to give you a
brief physical examination...
BOONE
What for?
SISKO
To help us answer some questions
about you.
BOONE
What are you talking about?
BASHIR
For example, why you haven't spoken
to your parents in eight years...
BOONE
What's that got to do with anything...
I never got along with them...
BASHIR
That's not what they told us...
SISKO
You also left your wife about eight
years ago... you'd been married a
long time... almost fifteen years,
wasn't it?
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 49.
54 CONTINUED:
BOONE
Look, this is none of your business...
SISKO
And just about the same time, you
were discharged from Starfleet after
failing several crew performance
reviews...
BASHIR
All of it seemed to happen shortly
after Setlik Three...
Boone realizes he's in trouble and tries to bolt. He is
easily restrained by the deputies...
BASHIR
Bring him over here.
As they pull him into an examining chair...
55 INT. COURTROOM
They are in a recess... Keiko is holding Miles's hand, forced
to reach up awkwardly...
O'BRIEN
Some romantic vacation I took you
on...
KEIKO
We'll get another chance...
O'BRIEN
Keiko... I don't want you there next
week...
KEIKO
This isn't over yet...
O'BRIEN
Don't give them the satisfaction...
I mean it...
KEIKO
Miles...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 50.
55 CONTINUED:
MAKBAR
(hits her rock)
Court will resume.
A guard motions Keiko back to the defense area...
MAKBAR
The offender will step forward to
testify.
O'BRIEN
I have nothing to say to this court.
MAKBAR
Under Cardassian law, you are
compelled to testify. Step forward.
As the guard moves to escort him, O'Brien shrugs his arm
away and moves ahead alone...
56 ANGLE WITH KOVAT AND ODO
The Cardassian lawyer leans in... sotto:
KOVAT
This would be a good time for you to
advise the offender.
ODO
Advise him to do what?
KOVAT
To confess and throw himself on the
mercy of the court, of course.
ODO
I've never heard of a Cardassian
court showing mercy.
KOVAT
That's not the point. Think of the
children, sir. Allow them to see a
glimmer of enlightenment as the
offender realizes the end is near.
Let him use his last breath to show
remorse...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 51.
56 CONTINUED:
O'Brien is in place by now.
MAKBAR
Do you wish to advise the offender
at this time, Nestor?
ODO
No, Madame Archon.
Makbar throws a look at Kovat who shrugs, what can I do?
MAKBAR
Proceed Mister Korvat.
Kovat approaches O'Brien... with sympathy --
KOVAT
Mister O'Brien... were you abused as
a child...
O'BRIEN
What?
KOVAT
Were your parents especially
abusive... did you hate them very
much?
O'BRIEN
I loved my parents...
KOVAT
I see... spousal abuse, perhaps...
was your wife causing you severe
psychologicial stress?
O'BRIEN
(incredulous)
My wife is the most supportive,
wonderful woman I've ever known.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 52.
56 CONTINUED: (2)
KOVAT
Excuse me for asking. I'm merely
trying to establish how a fine man
like yourself could turn into a
criminal. Perhaps you can help me...
O'BRIEN
I can't help you because I'm no
criminal.
KOVAT
Well, I tried...
MAKBAR
Tell me, Mister O'Brien -- how many
Cardassians have you killed.
O'BRIEN
Killed? None... since the war, that
is...
MAKBAR
Including the war, how many
Cardassians have you killed?
ODO
Madame Archon, what relevance does
Mister O'Brien's war experiences
have?
MAKBAR
His past criminal record is very
much relevant to these proceedings,
sir. Answer the question.
O'BRIEN
I'm not sure.
MAKBAR
That many, eh?
O'BRIEN
It was war. Both sides did things
they had to do.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 53.
56 CONTINUED: (3)
MAKBAR
Tell me, Mister O'Brien, now that we
are at peace, do you have a warm
place in your heart for your
Cardassian neighbors?
O'Brien glances at Odo... Makbar is glancing at a PADD...
MAKBAR
Or are you deeply prejudiced against
Cardassians... do you not in fact
hate Cardassians... have you not on
several occasions publicly stated
your opposition to the treaty because
and I quote "the bloody Cardies can't
be trusted?"
O'BRIEN
(beat)
I decline to answer.
MAKBAR
There are no grounds in Cardassian
law which allow you to decline.
Answer the question. Is it an
accurate quote or not?
O'BRIEN
(beat)
It is.
KOVAT
Madame Archon, at this time, it seems
the offender's guilt has been clearly
established and I see no other
alternative but to concede to the
verdict...
O'BRIEN
I do not concede.
MAKBAR
You may stand down, Mister O'Brien.
He does not leave...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/08/94 - ACT FIVE 54.
56 CONTINUED: (4)
O'BRIEN
(ignoring her)
I am not guilty. I have committed
no crime, and I refuse to concede to
this court or to the Cardassian
Empire.
KOVAT
Your Honor, I apologize but it appears
I have lost control of my... client...
MAKBAR
No matter. You've done your usual
eloquent job on his behalf,
Conservator Kovat...
KOVAT
Thank you. This was a most difficult
assignment but it is always an honor
to serve your court...
He reacts as he realizes she's looking behind him to the
rear of the court as he turns to see --
57 ANGLE ON REAR OF COURTROOM
Sisko escorts Boone into the courtroom...
58 MAKBAR
looks at...
59 BOONE
who looks at her, then averts his eyes.
60 O'BRIEN
reacts to Boone's presence curiously...
61 KOVAT
reacts to this latest intrusion into normal procedure...
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 55.
61 CONTINUED:
KOVAT
Madame Archon, how can you continue
to tolerate these intrusions...
But Makbar holds up a hand silencing him... as Sisko moves
to the defense area and sits behind Odo... leans and whispers
briefly to him...
MAKBAR
(to Kovat)
Return to your seat.
He does, curious...
MAKBAR
Once again the Cardassian system of
jurisprudence has worked to protect
the people. A guilty man has been
brought to justice. But, never let
it be said that there is no room in
this system for compassion. I sense
in Mister O'Brien... a man with strong
family ties... the potential for
rehabilitation. And I'm sure he has
gained a new appreciation for
Cardassian law through this difficult
process. Therefore, I am pleased,
in the spirit of furthering
Cardassian/Federation relations, to
hereby set aside the verdict and
release Mister O'Brien into the
custody of his Commander, Benjamin
Sisko.
She hits her rock on the countertop... stands and EXITS...
O'Brien can't believe what's happened... runs to Keiko and
embraces her...
62 AT THE DEFENSE TABLE
Odo looks back to Sisko and nods. Boone gets up and EXITS
to the rear. Kovat looks confused and worried.
KOVAT
What happened?
ODO
You won.
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 56.
62 CONTINUED:
KOVAT
(terrified)
They'll kill me.
He EXITS after Makbar.
63 EXT. SPACE
A Starfleet Runabout at impulse.
64 INT. RUNABOUT
Sisko is at the controls. Odo, O'Brien and Keiko are there.
SISKO
When Doctor Bashir examined him, he
discovered that Boone was missing
his first molar. His DNA analysis
confirmed that he was Cardassian.
KEIKO
He was surgically altered... ?
SISKO
(acknowledges)
Eight years ago, to replace the real
Raymond Boone who was taken prisoner
at Setlik Three... and apparently
killed in detention.
O'BRIEN
How did you figure it out?
SISKO
His ex-wife told us he came back
from captivity a different man. She
blamed it on the treatment he received
from the Cardassians. But it started
us thinking...
O'BRIEN
So he was spying for the Cardassians
even when he was on the Rutledge
with me...
KEIKO
But why did they want to frame Miles?
DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 57.
64 CONTINUED:
ODO
This trial was never about your
husband, Mrs. O'Brien. It was
designed from the beginning to
discredit the Federation. To show
that the Maquis had their official
sanction. Gul Evek made it clear in
his testimony that the situation had
become untenable, remember?
O'BRIEN
Next thing, they would have been
demanding that the Federation colonies
be disbanded.
SISKO
Exactly. As soon as Makbar saw Boone
in the courtroom, she knew we had
the goods to embarrass the High
Command in front of the entire
populace.
KEIKO
I'm just glad it's all over.
O'BRIEN
Yeah, I'm ready to get back to work.
SISKO
Uh uh, I had to use all my influence
to get your accommodations extended
at the lagoon... I want you to take
some time to recover from all this...
we'll drop you off on the way...
O'BRIEN
But we don't have our bags, no holo-
cam, nothing to read...
KEIKO
Perfect.
Off O'Brien's look...
65 EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)
As the Runabout heads for home, goes to warp.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END